Message from the Author

“I felt like I should’ve died. My deployment to Afghanistan was nothing short of grueling. The constant danger and uncertainty in that war-torn land made it feel like death was always just around the corner. Every day, I witnessed people, both friends and strangers, succumbing to the harsh realities of war. It was a time when survival itself felt like a miraculous feat, and I couldn’t help but wonder why I was spared when so many others weren’t. Some of the events from my book did happen to me while in the country. Those memories live in my mind like a dream one constantly has that they can’t escape. The bombs, bullets, and constant state of terror were something many of us had to live with each day. Still, we faced it head-on and didn’t let the shadows in our minds steal our focus on coming home alive.”

JF Hilley

Don't miss your chance to immerse yourself in this captivating tale of Staff Sergeant Alexandra Foster. A small-town girl who enlists in the Air Force right after high school to get away from her abusive father. She spends many years working and focusing on her military career when an opportunity to go on a one-year deployment to Afghanistan falls in her lap.

She arrives to find herself in a war-torn country where the people are struggling to survive. She meets her team and Sergeant Liam Anderson who she falls for right off the bat. Her mission with Captain Marcs is a struggle however, she has two seasoned trainers helping her get ready to face a man that is going around the country raping and murdering women and little girls. His nickname is The Shadow, and it’s up to Alex to bring this man down. Will she be able to kill the man responsible for countless deaths, or will she succumb to her own shadows?

Get your copy of The Killing of a Shadow today and prepare for Alex’s journey out of the shadows.

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I’m a retired veteran who served twenty years in the United States Air Force. I’m a new author, and after deploying to Afghanistan, I have never forgotten the people or my crazy experiences there. When not working my nine-to-five job, I spend most of my time playing video games, listening to music, reading/listening to books, and watching my favorite movies and TV shows. Quentin Tarantino is my favorite director, Game of Thrones is my favorite show, Cyber Punk 2077 is my favorite video game, BB Easton is my all-time favorite author, and right now, Hozier, Deftones, and Billie Eilish are my favorite music to listen to.

I love good romance novels, and once I’m done writing in the Thriller genre, I may switch to the Romance department. I find writing scenes of a sexual nature a lot more fun than writing about death. I like my whiskey neat and my coffee black, and I like to sit in a corner with my hoodie on, reading a good book or watching people as I sip my whiskey and take in the sight of you.

Step out of the shadows and into the light ~ Jen

Here is the poem I wrote in The Killing of a Shadow in chapter 19 ~ The Fate of a Friend

I am no one…insignificant…small…unseen

I am a grain of sand on a vast desert

A small star in the night sky

A drop of water in the open sea

When burned to ash, I float away like dust

Then forgotten forever.”

JF Hilley